Add a comment August 23rd, 2009 by Matthew Anderson
Injustice is a social disease that needs to be combated with the force of an epidemic. We have no other world except this one; it is difficult to imagine improving it without changing it. (CETIM) 1. The need to push duty bearers on their legal obligations is neither new nor only true for national leaders; [...]
Add a comment May 13th, 2008 by Matthew Anderson
[This was originally posted in July of 2006] The 2006 Jonathan Mann Award for Health and Human Rights was given to Juan Manuel Canales, a Mexican physician who has worked in the war zones of rural El Salvador and Chiapas, Mexico. This month the Social Medicine Portal highlights the work of this remarkable doctor who [...]
Add a comment March 29th, 2008 by Matthew Anderson
Are you curious about just exactly what “social medicine” means? This course was designed to answer that question. The Social Medicine Elective was organized by Drs. Timothy Holtz and Alyssa Finlay and – as can be seen by the titles – covers an array of topics. You can download the course lectures as PowerPoint™ presentations. [...]